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Elon Musk started a mixed-aged school, without grades (in both senses of the word), for his and some SpaceX employees kids. A pretty well-written, detailed arti
by njarboe 9y ago
Elon Musk started a mixed-aged school, without grades (in both senses of the word), for his and some SpaceX employees kids. A pretty well-written, detailed article can be found here ( http://education.penelopetrunk.com/2015/06/01/finally-silicon-valley-funds-homeschooling-elon-musk-leads-with-ad-astra/ http://education.penelopetrunk.com/2015/06/01/finally-silico... ).
- paulddraper 9y agoFirst sentence: > Her name is Elizabeth and she is a parent to three girls that are being unschooled. Merriam webster says > to make (one) disregard schooling or training I don't think the well-written article and the dictionary are on the same page.
- calibas 9y agoThis is the kind of "unschooling" it's talking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling
- njarboe 9y agoIf you are going to criticize/snark, at least be factually correct. The part you quoted is in italics and is from the editor of the website, not the author of the article.